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Appears to be a 1970s or 1980s replica of the pre-WWII original. Features gorgeous smiling young lady in sleeveless red and white patterned dress seated at what appears to be a trendy restaurant table with white floral bouquet in background. Illustration of brown glass bottle of Polytanin in lower left corner. Polytanin, exported from Japan, was a 'eutrophic of amino acids'. Approximately 30" x 20". Crimped metal strips protect top and bottom edges. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A very attractive memento of 1930s Shanghai. Will be shipped in a sturdy mailing tube. Poster
Appears to be a 1970s or 1980s replica of the pre-WWII original. Features two lovely young ladies in long cream floral-illustrated dresses surrounded by flowers and illustrations of the company's many products. Approximately 30" x 20". Crimped metal strips protect top and bottom edges. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A charming memento of 1930s Shanghai. Will be shipped in a sturdy mailing tube. Poster
Appears to be a 1970s or 1980s replica of the pre-WWII original. Features lovely young lady in long red floral print dress with white fur around her neck. Illustrations of Gold Bar and Hateman cigarette boxes along bottom edge. Approximately 30" x 20". Crimped metal strips protect top and bottom edges. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A charming memento of 1930s Shanghai. Will be shipped in a sturdy mailing tube. Poster
Appears to be a 1970s or 1980s replica of the pre-WWII original. Features lovely young lady in long red and white dress seated in what appears to be an elegant restaurant. Illustrations of cigarette packs across the bottom include the Fiddle, 5 Bats and Good Crop brands. Approximately 30" x 20". Crimped metal strips protect top and bottom edges. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A charming memento of 1930s Shanghai. Will be shipped in a sturdy mailing tube. Poster
Appears to be a 1970s or 1980s replica of the pre-WWII original. Features lovely young lady in long blue and white patterned dress and tan coat legs crossed on bench amidst attractive flowers and tree. Illustration of Red Lion cigarette pack in lower left corner. Approximately 30" x 20". Crimped metal strips protect top and bottom edges. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A charming memento of 1930s Shanghai. Will be shipped in a sturdy mailing tube. Poster
Appears to be a 1970s or 1980s replica of the pre-WWII original. Features sexy young beauty holding parasol in canoe. She is wearing only short shorts and a skimpy red top which is pulled down to reveal her right breast. Periphery features illustrations of the many products offered by the Great Eastern Dispensary Ltd. Approximately 30" x 20". Crimped metal strips protect top and bottom edges. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A charming memento of 1930s Shanghai and a classy addition to the wall of any Asian man cave. Will be shipped in a sturdy mailing tube. Poster
Appears to be a 1970s or 1980s replica of the pre-WWII original. Features lovely young lady in pearls and red-checked vest holding adorable Pekingese dog close to her breast. Approximately 30" x 20". Crimped metal strips protect top and bottom edges. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. A charming memento of 1930s Shanghai and a great gift idea for any fan of the Pekingese breed. Will be shipped in a sturdy mailing tube. Poster
research notes and studies n. 1, pp.53, br.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 23 plates; original yellow wrappers, printed in red, covers mildly dust-soiled, a very good, clean copy. Includes a chronology and select bibliography. SCARCE
br. 4to oblungo, pp. 87, 8-16 novembre 2003 cinema capranica roma
Alsatia 1968, In-8 broché, 235 pages. Trés bon état.
PARIS/COLMAR, Alsatia - 1968 - In-8 - Broché - Couverture illustrée à rabats - Illustrations NB Ht - 235 pages + Table - Très bon exemplaire - Envoi rapide et soigné
Folding map, numerous black and white engravings, xvi + 533pp + 2 adverts, index, original blind stamped cloth, slightly worn, teared on top of spine. Text and plates are clean and very bright. "Atkinson's original objective in undertaking these travels was to sketch the scenery of Siberia. He traveled on a czar's pass out of Russia's Asiatic dominions from Kokhan on the west to the eastern end of the Baikal and as far south as the Chinese town of Tchin-si; and into the immense Syan-shan chain, never before seen by any European and a great portion of the western part of the Gobi. He crossed over 39,500 miles in 7 years penetrating into areas most probably never seen by a white man. He suffered significantly, from hunger and thirst and was placed in critical situations amongst Central Asian tribes and among escaped Chinese prisoners. Atkinson produce at least 560 sketches of the scenery, executed in colours. A number are exquisitely produced in this volume and in lithographed colours as well. His book has over the years become known as one of the greatest accounts of European travel into Central and Eastern Asia".
First US edition in VG condition, full brown original cloth with gilt lettering and design to front cover, slight shelfwear, large folding map perfect, some foxing, not affecting illustrations, 448 pages plus 4 pages of ads. original title: Travels in the regions of the Upper and Lower Amoor and the Russian acquisitions on the confines of India and China. With adventures among the mountain Kirghis; and the Manjours, Manyargs, Toungouz, Touzemtz, Goldi, and Gelyaks: the hunting and pastoral Tribes. , architect and traveller, Thomas Witlam Atkinson (1799 - 1861) and his wife Lucy, spent seven years travelling in Siberia and Central Asia during the period 1847 - 53. Their son Alatau was born during their travels at the beginning of November in 1848 in what is today Eastern Kazakhstan. Bearing in mind the conditions they were living in and the extreme cold, it is a miracle that he survived! Thomas Atkinson's first book "Oriental and Western Siberia: A Narrative of Seven Years' Explorations and Adventures in Siberia, Mongolia, The Kirghis Steppes, Chinese Tartary, and Part of Central Asia" was first published in London and New York in 1858. In the preface to this, his second book describing the travels he (and his wife and son who are invisible in his writing) gives more detail on the natural history and resources of this vast region than he gave in "Oriental and Western Siberia.". He did not confine himself to seeking only to satisfy the scientists among his readership but also discusses the possibility of British commerce in the region. "Our commerce, prodigious as are its operations, is, its is well known, capable of infinite expansion, and I have laid open a field of almost incalculable extent, where enterprise, skill, and industry are sure to find a profitable investment." He also addresses the great interest in Britain in Russian ambitions for the region: "For those of my compatriots who have been alarmed by the approaches of Russia to our Indian Empire, I have faithfully stated every step that has recently been made in this direction, and afforded them an opportunity of learning her present position on the north of the Himalaya. Her existing relations with China, now that we are engaged in a war with its government, will doubtless give increased interest to the facts I have been enabled to collect respecting the several advances she has skillfully made into Chinese territory, and the consequent extraordinary development of her own." (From the preface).
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square in dark grey cloth with embossed character on the cover. Covers have sharp corners, except for lower corner of front cover is bumped. This is the only blemish to the book. Text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 265 pages with standard format being four photos on R. page with descriptions on L. page. This is sometimes varied. Contents includes Glass, Jade, Quartz & chalcedony, Other stones, Organic materials, Metals, Ceramics, Enamels, Inside-painted, Accessories. With Forword, Preface, Reigns of the Qing Dynasty and Selected bibliography.
No marks or inscriptions. Minor creasing to front cover adjacent to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 64pp. An excellent concise study of Chinese dining and the cooking methods used to produce their economical, nutritious, handsome to behold and usually, low in caloies meals. Includes an introduction to Cantonese dining by EJ Ersek. Very scarce in the UK.
ISBN : 2213018413. FAYARD. 1996. In-8 Carré. Broché. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 339 pages
in-16 (poche), 317 p., broché. Bel exemplaire. [LP]
LILLE, Desclée, de Brouwer & Cie - 1892 - In-4 Reliure romantique illustrée, fond rouge - dos orné - tranche dorée - 294 pages - très nombreuses illustrations - très propre.
8vo, br. ed. 349pp. Il contratto preparato nell'estate del 1937 da Faber and Faber e da Random House riguardava un generico "libro di viaggio sull'Estremo Oriente" e lasciava alla discrezione di Auden e Isherwood la scelta dell'itinerario e il taglio del resoconto. Ma è certo che la decisione, da parte della strana coppia di reporter, di partire per la Cina - allora in guerra col Giappone non fu delle più ovvie. Di fatto, per quanto in quegli anni l'intelligencija europea frequentasse con una certa assiduità trincee e teatri d'operazioni, nessuno aveva rivolto lo sguardo a quello che - nonostante le dimensioni, la ferocia e le implicazioni che avrebbe avuto per la storia non solo regionale era un conflitto quasi dimenticato. Che Auden e Isherwood ci fanno invece rivivere nel momento stesso in cui accade, con un'immediatezza, una precisione e un'efficacia tanto più sbalorditive se si considera che del Paese in cui soggiornarono dal gennaio al luglio del 1938 i due, per loro stessa ammissione, sapevano molto poco, e soprattutto che la forma da loro adottata un ibrido di prosa, versi e fotografie - era, ed è rimasta, un unicum.
in-8, 285 pp., carte, index, broché, couv. Bon état. [CA2]
8vo, br. ed. pag. 357. Xiamen e' una citta' sull'omonima isola rocciosa, collegata alla Cina sud-orientale da un'autostrada e due ponti: a una baia "disseminata di imbarcazioni e sfavillii erratici" fa da controcanto un agglomerato industriale fitto di immigrati "irregolari e affamati". Qui per lungo tempo ha spadroneggiato Lai Changxing, il tycoon che prima di diventare "il latitante piu' ricercato della Cina" e' stato il piu' famoso tra i nuovi ricchi del post-maoismo, di volta in volta definito come un semplice tofei ("bandito", anche se in senso non dispregiativo) o come un Robin Hood dispensatore di lavoro. E qui si insedia, alla fine degli anni Novanta, il giovane corrispondente del "Times" Oliver August, per il quale Lai e' l'emblema di una Cina con il piede in due staffe, che incoraggia i cittadini "ad agire sempre piu' liberamente, ma senza garantire che il loro operato rientri nella legalita". L'indagine-inseguimento nei luoghi dell'infanzia e dell'ascesa di Lai diventa allora un impressionante succedersi di "visioni" rivelatrici: 1'"obitorio umano" di Beihai e' la quintessenza di tutte le aree depresse; e la stessa Xiamen sembra il concentrato di un'interminabile transizione
Ed. Echo des Grottes 1947, In-8 broché. 110 pages. Bon état. Broché
